Woking Hospice

Analysis

Woking Hospice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03955487). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Woking Hospice reported income of £9.3m and spending of £10.5m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £10.2m to £9.3m (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Woking Hospice sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Community Foundation (£9.3m), Celtic Leisure (£9.4m) and St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust (£9.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 42%, charitable activities 35%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £769k. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 196 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.